Why this word is great
COSMORAMA — [Noun] An exhibition of perspective images depicting global locales, amplified by mirrors, lenses, and lighting to simulate immersive realism. From Greek κόσμος (kosmos, "world, universe") + ὅραμα (horama, "view, spectacle"). Unlike "panorama" (which offers an unmediated sweep of land) or "diorama" (which freezes a single scene in miniature), a cosmorama is a cabinet of global wonders, a sleight of hand that conjures distance. It is the flicker of gaslight on painted Venetian canals, the warped reflection of a Cairo bazaar in a concave mirror, the sudden illusion of Alpine snow underfoot—proof that the world is both vast and small enough to hold in your hands, if only for a moment.